What do you think of Esmae?

[gemcgem]

What do you think of Esmae as a girl's name? It's listed on Mumsnet's Baby Name Finder.

I would be horrified if my children misused the past tense of did/done.

Or should that be the past tense of "do"?

Littlemissm, it shouldn't matter how we choose to spell names, etc., but fact is it does.

Oh Lynette - me too!!

Lynette - it's writing and therefore. I do hope no-one judges you, or bases their opinions of you on those errors alone.

Goodness, some of you have rather let yourselves down on this thread. Very unpleasant.

I think people just can't stand stupidity!Why shouldn't we be allowed to correct their awful spelling??People need to develop thicker skins.God knows how they get through life in the real world!

At the top of the thread I think it was the OP that mentioned the 'R' word. She bought the tone of the thread down from there.

Thanks, MaisietheMorningsideCat, I am probably one of the poorest spellers on MN, (and my typing's none too hot)so I'm not quite sure what came over me. Actually I hate having my spelling corrected, so really should have read though my own posts.

gemcgem....call your baby what the hell you like. Just don't ask other people for their opinions. Especailly strangers. Or people you don't like.

Spell it how you want ...why worry what people on here think ..with their nice pretentious middle class names

Cinderella - please don't speak in the 3rd person. If you believe that the spelling of Esmae is somehow the epitome of stupidity, then say so - but don't purport to speak for people in general. Oh - and please put spaces between each of the words in your sentences, because without them your sentence structure and puntuation becomes appallingly, and it makes you look stupid.

Oh, the irony is just delicious!

Spelling a name differently does not matter it doesnt make the person with a variant of a name a lesser person than the one with it spelt correctly. Also the spelling thing -so someone could post on here with a learning difficulty & be classed as thick & have the piss taken out of them thats o.k is it. There could be an actual reason why some people spell the way they do. As for me it is a choice.

littlemissm thankyou ! esmae is a choice not a mistake, an i hope it wouldnt make a difference to her own life choice's because of how i name was spelt !?

The girl's name Esmae \e-smae, es-mae\ is a variant of Esmee (French), and the meaning of Esmae is "esteemed".

The baby name Esmae sounds like Esme, Esma, Esmay and Esmie. Other similar baby names are Emmie, Emma, Asma, Edmee, Edma, Elma, Emme, Ema, Erma, Isme, Esta, Estee, Essie and Osma.

Baby names that sound like Esme are Isme, Esmae and Esmie. Other similar baby names are Emme, Emmy, Emmie, Emma, Em, Asma, Cosme, Desme, Edmea, Edmee, Edma, Elma, Emmi, Emmey, Ema, Erma, Esmay, Esta, Estee, Essie, Essy and Osma.

Thankyou MaisytheMorningsideCat

You really do learn something new every day

Don't you just.

gemcgem, you should print that out and laminate it so you/your DD can show it to people because even if it is a correctly spelled name, people will assume you can't spell.

I wouldn't assume she couldn't spell .I would assume she spelt the name how she wanted too

Oh and MaisytheMorningsideCat it's punctuation not 'puntuation'!!!
You had the cheek to call me stupid?

Ah, but I didn't criticise the OP for her spelling whilst posting poor grammar myself now, did I? If you expect high standards from others than at least achieve them yourself.

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But lots of those names....well, aren't. They are random sounds.

You asked what people thought, and the general consensus from many seems to be that people will think you can't spell the name properly. Thats certainly what I thought when I saw the title.

You can call your child whatever you wish. I would have thought that you wouldn't intentionally give a child a name that most assume is mis-spelt, but its up to you. Hardly bad form for people to point this out to you when you ask though.

I would pronounce Esme as Esmee tho ...

The thing is, Esmae is a really lovely name. If the OP had asked for opinions on Kandeece-AimeeRae then I could have understood the sharp intakes of breath, but Esmae? Hardly the worst name in the world, regardless of spelling...it's fairly innocuous really.